CVE-2025-38387

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel related to RDMA/mlx5, specifically concerning the initialization of obj event->obj sub list before its insertion using xa insert. This can lead to a poisonous pointer being loaded immediately after insertion, potentially causing a kernel NULL pointer dereference and system crash. The vulnerability was addressed by ensuring proper initialization of the list head before insertion.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.